Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dissuasion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dissuasion \Dis*sua"sion\, n. [L. dissuasio: cf. F. dissuasion.
See {Dissuade}.]
1. The act of dissuading; exhortation against a thing;
dehortation.
In spite of all the dissuasions of his friends.
--Boyle.
2. A motive or consideration tending to dissuade; a
dissuasive.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dissuasion
n 1: a communication that dissuades you
2: persuasion not to do something; the act of talking someone
out of an intended course of action
3: deterrence by argument or reasoning or entreaty [ant: {persuasion}]
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